{"id":70116,"date":"2013-01-18T14:24:53","date_gmt":"2013-01-18T14:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=70116"},"modified":"2013-01-23T09:36:01","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T09:36:01","slug":"we-dont-need-you-we-got-china-gota-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/we-dont-need-you-we-got-china-gota-to-us\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;We Don&#8217;t Need You, We Got China&#8217;  Gota To US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Secretary to the\u00a0Ministry of Defence\u00a0\u00a0Gotabhaya Rajapaksa says that each time he meets the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka she asked him why he had not taken steps to punish Sri Lankan soldiers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_70117\" style=\"width: 163px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/we-dont-need-you-we-got-china-gota-to-us\/gota1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-70117\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70117\" class=\"size-full wp-image-70117\" title=\"Gota1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Gota1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"153\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-70117\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gotabaya<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Speaking at a presentation ceremony at the National Chamber of Commerce yesterday <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Gotabaya+Rajapaksa&amp;x=8&amp;y=6\">Rajapaksa<\/a><\/span> said that he always responds to Ambassador Michele Sison that soldiers cannot be punished without due procedure being followed.<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a0Secretary to the\u00a0Ministry\u00a0of\u00a0Defence referred to remarks made by Ambassador Sison in Matara on Wednesday when he claimed she criticized the impeachment process against Chief Justice <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Shirani+Bandaranayake&amp;x=9&amp;y=5\">Shirani Bandaranayake<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest threat the US can pose to Sri Lanka\u2019s military is to take away their defence scholarships\u201d Rajapaksa said, adding that if they withdrew the training programmes, China would replace them. \u201cWe can send our soldiers to China for training\u201d the \u00a0Secretary said.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed that Sri Lanka had not received any weapons assistance from the US during the war.<\/p>\n<p>In Matara on Wednesday, the US Ambassador noted that \u201cactions that undermine an independent judiciary in Sri Lanka may also undermine Sri Lanka&#8217;s ability to attract foreign investment. 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